Scholarship of Tertiary Teaching
Online Conference

Based on a strategic initiative at the University of Sydney, this session explores challenges and evidence-based practices for improving group work assessments in higher education. From team charters and peer feedback to tutor training and grade adjustments, learn how small structural shifts can enhance equity, communication, and collaboration in student teams.

Explore a novel, clinically focused tutorial model embedded in CQUniversity’s BMSC12017 unit for CM17 Pathway to Medicine students. Featuring AI-generated case notes, team-based reasoning, and dual feedback, this approach boosts.

Discover how Generative AI is transforming teaching, assessment, and feedback. This session shares practical strategies for integrating AI to enhance engagement, maintain academic integrity, and support educator well-being—ensuring AI becomes a trusted ally, not a substitute, in modern pedagogical practice.

This session showcases a pilot assessment in a third-level mathematics unit that transformed rote learning into dynamic mathematical modelling. Using web-based tools, students created interactive “supermodels” by manipulating equations to visualise functional relationships. Learn how this authentic, technology-enhanced framework boosted engagement, reduced AI misuse, and deepened conceptual understanding.

Explore the educational potential of Google’s NotebookLM—hailed by The Times Magazine as one of 2024’s best inventions. This session examines how source-grounded podcasts generated through NotebookLM can enhance assessment design, engagement, and learning. Practical strategies for minimizing errors, aligning content with outcomes, and streamlining podcast creation and dissemination will be shared.

Explore findings from a CQUniversity action research study trialling automatic 7-day extensions to support student wellbeing. This session examines flexible assessment design, student and educator experiences, and the impact on academic quality. Learn how systemic trust, reduced administrative burden, and inclusive policy reform can support success in diverse learning contexts.

Explore how compassionate pedagogy and GenAI intersect to support student wellbeing, resilience, and academic growth. This session shares cognitive learning strategies integrated with GenAI to scaffold thinking, foster intellectual agency, and deepen curiosity. Practical tools and inclusive approaches empower educators to cultivate adaptive, confident learners across diverse contexts.

How can medical education evolve to meet the demands of AI-integrated healthcare? This session presents a multi-phase study exploring student and stakeholder perspectives in a regional medical pathway program. Learn how design thinking and scenario-based learning can foster AI literacy, ethical awareness, and clinical readiness in future doctors.

Can AI chatbots improve legal education and student support? This session shares findings from the implementation of a Sendbird-powered Generative AI chatbot in a first-year Criminal Law unit. Explore how prompt patterns, edge cases, and after-hours use inform sustainable chatbot design and enhance accessibility in Australian law programs.

Promotion rejection is seldom treated as a solvable academic challenge. This session presents a practical case study of a Teaching Scholar navigating a failed Level D promotion. Learn how the concept of “gauging as a research purpose” reframes promotion as a scholarly project—helping educators systematically align evidence with criteria and rebuild with clarity.

How can scholars respectfully and meaningfully engage with Indigenous knowledge across geographic and cultural boundaries? This session offers a deeply personal and critical reflection on the author’s journey as a non-Indigenous, non-Western scholar navigating Indigenous methodologies in Nepal and Australia. Through an auto-ethnographic lens, she examines her role as a learner, advocate, and collaborator—drawing on evidence-informed practices and community engagement to illuminate culturally responsive teaching, research, and supervision. Participants will explore how Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing can challenge systemic barriers and enrich health and education outcomes. The session invites conversation around cultural competence, equity, and the power of collaborative approaches to foster inclusive and transformative practice.

Explore programmatic assessment in action through a capstone accounting unit at CQUniversity. Maria Tyler and Martin Turner share practical insights into low-stakes, feedback-rich assessment design that fosters student competencies. Learn how psychology-informed strategies and structured feedback support self-regulated learning—and how to apply these principles in your own units.

This study examined how international postgraduate public health students engage with learning in unfamiliar academic settings. Focus groups revealed five key influences—learning support, course structure, career planning, social environment, and external pressures. The critical influences of lecturer and support structures were described, particularly in relation to the lecturer’s own engagement. Findings highlight unique public health challenges and underscore the need for tailored support.

Community-based projects aren’t just meaningful—they’re mind-shifting. This session shares a case study from social innovation education, exploring how student reflections, surveys, and focus group data reveal the development of key social innovation attributes. Learn how these insights inform practical strategies for cultivating student agency, employability, and purpose-driven career awareness.

This session shares insights from a systematic review of GenAI’s role in engineering and project management education. Six key themes reveal how GenAI is shaping student use, teaching practices, and ethical challenges. Practical recommendations are offered to support authentic, outcomes-focused pedagogy amidst rapid technological change.

Discover ORAS, a real-time assessment system developed for CQUniversity’s oral health program. This session explores student and educator perspectives on its impact within Work-Integrated Learning environments. Learn how structured, immediate feedback fosters self-reflection, transparency, and skill development—offering actionable insights for digital assessment in clinical education.

Get a sneak peek into the 4th MOBTS Oceania Conference, coming to CQU Melbourne in February 2026. Led by Conference Chair Dr. Geoff Chapman, this session introduces the experiential focus of MOBTS—showcasing immersive teaching practices and hands-on learning activities. Attendees will explore what makes MOBTS unique and have the opportunity to ask questions ahead of the event.

Silence in online learning isn’t just a student issue—it’s a shared experience. This session offers inclusive, practical strategies to foster engagement for both students and educators. From co-created expectations to low-stakes participation, we’ll explore how small, intentional design choices can build trust, enhance belonging, and reignite motivation.

Explore a new approach to supporting international student transition through structured academic breakout sessions. This session introduces CQUniversity’s Academic Breakout Session Guide—designed to foster belonging, clarify expectations, and promote engagement from orientation onwards. Learn how adaptable, inclusive strategies can enhance student wellbeing and success across diverse teaching contexts.

Streamline feedback in Moodle with two browser-based tools: Rubric Assistant for fast, structured comments and Rubric2Feedback for rich, personalised summaries. Designed for large cohorts and shared marking workflows, these tools offer scalable, staff-controlled solutions to improve feedback clarity, consistency, and quality—without the need for admin permissions or LMS changes.

This session presents a video feedback trial in a practical computing unit for diverse, asynchronous learners. Discover how personalised screen-recorded feedback improved student engagement, comprehension, and satisfaction—highlighting the value of visual feedback for accessibility, skill development, and connection in online learning environments.

International postgraduate students bring vibrant perspectives to the classroom—but silent assumptions can undermine engagement. This session shares practical strategies and insights from teaching Public Health and Emergency Management to international cohorts at CQUniversity. Explore ways to uncover cultural mismatches, foster mutual understanding, and enhance well-being for students and staff alike.

Discover how embedding the writing process into disciplinary teaching enhances academic literacy and supports first-year student wellbeing. This session shares a practical framework developed through CQUniversity’s Embedding Foundation Academic Skills program, showcasing co-designed strategies that reduce stress, build confidence, and align skill development with assessment across diverse cohorts.

Discover how ChatGPT is transforming Data Science education. This session explores its use as a round-the-clock tutor and curriculum support tool—enhancing concept mastery, personalising learning, and guiding student inquiry. Learn how educators are leveraging ChatGPT to improve teaching practice, foster engagement, and build AI-integrated learning environments.

Discover a new approach to student support through a multi-modal generative AI tutor developed with Google AI Studio. This session explores how real-time, voice- and screen-enabled feedback bridges gaps in traditional peer learning—enhancing engagement, autonomy, and inclusivity across ICT and other disciplines. Practical insights and student feedback will be shared.

How can Aristotelian epistemology guide the appropriate use of AI in professional education? This session explores AI as a tool for understanding reality, emphasising the need for students to critically engage with disciplinary theory and assess the robustness of AI-generated content. Learn how philosophical frameworks can deepen both disciplinary knowledge and digital literacy.

Discover how MGMT29013 empowers postgraduate business students to navigate AI-enhanced recruitment processes and build essential career skills. This session showcases CQUniversity’s integration of ATS-friendly resume builders, automated interview simulators, and practical reflection tasks—highlighting the value of embedding career tech into curriculum to boost student confidence, preparedness, and professional impact.

Learn how Learning Community Groups (LCGs) transformed online engagement in CQUniversity’s Education programs. This session shares hands-on strategies for fostering collaboration through Microsoft Teams and Moodle, supported by peer assessment and socioconstructivist design. Explore how intentional digital integration builds trust, boosts participation, and supports rural students in meaningful learning communities.

What if memes could reveal the unspoken truths of student life? This session explores a CQUniversity study on university memes as reflections of student sentiment. Discover how meme culture captures burnout, financial stress, and isolation—offering insights into wellbeing, belonging, and the shared emotional landscape of academic experience.

What if mindset mattered more than study skills? This session presents Be Positive and BePAM, two Positive Psychology-based interventions supporting student wellbeing and academic confidence at CQUniversity. Learn how these tailored programs tackle general academic challenges and maths anxiety—fostering resilience, motivation, and inclusive success in enabling education.

Since 2013, Inquiry-Oriented Learning (IOL) has reshaped STEM education by replacing traditional labs with open-ended investigations grounded in constructivist pedagogy. This session presents longitudinal applications across chemistry and agriculture at CQUniversity, showcasing how real-world contexts and student-driven inquiry enhance engagement, collaboration, and graduate capability development.

Explore how student learning approaches shape academic success in Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 at CQUniversity. This session presents early findings from a three-year study using the ASSIST questionnaire, highlighting trends among diverse student cohorts. Learn how identifying surface, strategic, and deep learning styles informs inclusive instructional design and targeted support strategies.

How can we deepen critical reflexivity and uphold academic authenticity in the age of GenAI? This session introduces Collaborative Reflective Circles (CRCs) as inclusive, dialogic tools for transformative learning and secure assessment. Drawing on multi-institutional case studies, we explore CRCs’ evolving role in supporting student voice, fostering equity, and redefining originality in higher education. Would you like a variant that highlights policy implications, co-creation practices, or authorship concerns more explicitly?